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A close-up photo of the face of Hu Hushen, a 78-year-old former miner, who breathes with the help of extra oxygen at Yangjia Hospital in Zhejiang Province, China, on October 19, 2015.

China's Attack on a Top Industrial Health Hazard

by Yaming You

How China is bringing the devastating lung disease pneumoconiosis to its knees

Trade

Chinese men work at a brick production plant in Xian, northwest of China's Shaanxi province on April 27, 2005. The photo shows a man pulling bricks off a stack where they were presumably kiln fired and placing them into a stack in the foreground. the overall color of the photo is brick red, suggesting that the dust is everywhere.

Tackling Occupational Diseases in China

by Yanzhong Huang

With 200 million or more workers exposed to unsafe conditions, holding employers accountable remains a daunting task